Nitidulinae

Nitidulinae

Classification

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Nitidulinae: /nɪˌtɪduːˈlaɪniː/

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Images

Nitidula carnaria by Edmund Reitter . Used under a Public domain license.
Nitidula bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) (40897602685) by Udo Schmidt from Deutschland. Used under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.
Life stages of small hive beetles (Aethina tumida) by Qiang Huang, Sheina B Sim, Scott M Geib, Anna Childers, Junfeng Liu, Xiuxiu Wei, Wensu Han, Francisco Posada-Florez, Allen Z Xue, Zheng Li, and Jay D Evans. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.
Aethina tumida 5025044 by James D. Ellis, University of Florida. Used under a CC BY 3.0 us license.
Nitidula rufipes by Edmund Reitter . Used under a Public domain license.
Aethina tumida 5025048 by James D. Ellis, University of Florida. Used under a CC BY 3.0 us license.

Summary

Nitidulinae is a subfamily of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae, comprising about 17 genera and at least 70 described species. It is the most diverse subfamily with approximately 110 genera worldwide arranged in 6 tribes, with 4 tribes represented in some regions.

Diet

Sap-feeding

Evolution

Paraphyletic with respect to Meligethinae and Cillaeinae.

Tags

  • Nitidulinae
  • Coleoptera
  • Nitidulidae
  • sap-feeding beetles